Quote:There were around 50 people that submitted levels for voting. Where are they? It looks like we only have 18 people voting at all. And what about all the other fans? I figured there would be many more.
There are actually 32 people who have submitted votes so far. Not every designer or fan will want to participate; submissions opened back in 2011, and some of the designers who gave us permission to consider their levels have either left the community or are not-quite-as-active community members who left their levels for the project on the table and have disappeared back into the shadows. I had to track down some e-mail addresses for a few of these designers who haven't been around for a while to get some of the fixes on the limbo list taken care of. Some of the fans may also not be interested in voting; either they don't have the time to commit to it and would just rather play the final product, or they're more interested in CCLP4 or other projects.
What I will say, though, is that among those 32 voters, we had an incredible 3,816 votes get casted across the first seven level packs (350 levels) that were released within the first week. Some of the voters have played the levels before in preparation for voting, but others were doing so throughout the week and were even livestreaming their progress on Twitch.tv, which has been incredibly fun to watch. For comparison's sake, CCLP3 had over 2,200 levels considered and over 15,000 votes cast throughout its voting process, which lasted over three months. Think of it this way: you as CCLP1 voters have accomplished in one week a quarter of what CCLP3 took over three months to pull off. The most-voted level in CCLP3 received 20 votes throughout its voting process. So far, in CCLP3 voting, we've had five Cardboard levels get 21 votes each. Participation is higher than ever, and the marketing we've been doing on Facebook and Skype among the CCBBC has been well-received too.
Quote:Maybe it's just me, but it seems that new packs are being released too frequently. I'm not sure that encouraging people to vote quicker is a good thing to do, because it possibly means casting votes in a hurry with less attention paid than was due. It perhaps also makes those that cannot spend as much time voting feel less inclined to re-visit levels that they've skipped so far ("why bother when there's this brand new pack out now, and everybody else seems to be done with the old ones anyway").
Based on the voting activity so far, I think this is the result of an initial rush of excitement more than anything else. The pace will probably slow down a bit in the next week or so; in fact, it has already started to. Even if it didn't, though, I don't think that voting on the brand new pack vs. the older ones that more people have played is necessarily a bad idea. I don't think everyone should feel obligated to vote on everything, especially when so many others have already cast votes. We also have much more selective voters this time around than we had for CCLP3, which helps with the process as well. In the end, though, it's up to everyone to determine what the pace should be. If there's a strong leaning toward slowing down to catch up, then people can play and rate the packs that have already received a lot of attention.
Based on the results so far, my prediction is that there will be a handful of clear "winners" at the top of the results by voting's end whose averages range from 4.25 to 4.75 and a bunch of levels in the 3.75 to 4.25 range with which the staff will have to take even more care in evaluating.
Quote:An example of a level that I don't know how to vote on is "Promise to Water the Flowers".... should I expect that the staff would fix its grievous ending if voted in?
Yes.
